A Higher Purpose

Sometimes marriage can be hard. Sometimes marriage can be painful. Sometimes that pain and hardship can lead you to entertain thoughts of escape—to distance yourself from your spouse (physically, mentally, and/or emotionally) and the hard work necessary to maintain a marriage of love, unity, and understanding. When I'm in this place, it's a red flag for me to [...]

By |2023-04-01T01:31:28-05:00October 1, 2015|Spiritual Life|0 Comments

Worship, Work, and Grace

This month we conclude our examination of Paul David Tripp's book, "What did you Expect?" by finishing Commitment 6: We will work to protect our marriage. So, what is it that produces a marriage of unity, understanding, and love? This kind of marriage is the result of a lifelong commitment to daily marital work and deep trust in God's [...]

By |2023-04-01T01:35:04-05:00September 1, 2015|Marriage Enrichment, Spiritual Life|0 Comments

Canceling Debts

This month we continue to look at Commitment 1: We will give ourselves to a regular lifestyle of confession and forgiveness. Last month we talked about confession. This month we will focus on forgiveness. There is perhaps no other ingredient as essential to a healthy marriage than forgiveness. Yet forgiveness is not always attractive. Forgiveness is difficult and costly. It [...]

Reason to Continue

Everyone searches for hope. Everybody looks for a reason to continue. Everyone wants to know that what they give themselves to will prove to be worth it. The things we say and do are rooted in deeply ingrained thoughts and desires. We are all on a lifelong treasure hunt. Your treasure may not be my treasure, but we're both treasure [...]

Connecting With Your Spouse Through Prayer

by Sharon Peterson Do you want to feel more connected to your spouse?  Try praying together on a consistent basis.  Russ and I don’t have a set time to pray each week but we do pray together often.  It really makes us feel closer to each other and to God. When you pray together it will unite your spirits, which [...]

By |2023-04-01T02:25:32-05:00March 1, 2014|Spiritual Life|0 Comments

7 Things My Marriage Taught Me

This past Sunday at our church, the speaker made a remark that he has learned more about Jesus' love for him through his relationship with his wife than any other means. I immediately concurred with that statement. My wife is God's gift to me to teach me about His love for me—and how I need to love others. Here are [...]

By |2023-04-02T18:13:08-05:00June 1, 2013|Marriage Enrichment, Real Life, Spiritual Life|0 Comments

Dancing With the One You Love

This month's post is a reminder of why God instituted the covenant of marriage in the first place. Though companionship and procreation are certainly important, God primarily designed marriage to give the world a divine picture of Christ's relationship to the church (His bride). We can lose sight of this sometimes and forget that our relationship with our spouse is [...]

By |2023-04-03T02:13:46-05:00September 1, 2010|Marriage Enrichment, Spiritual Life|0 Comments
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